Quote Originally Posted by NewGen33
Since when...link?
Quote Originally Posted by Wikipedia
About 66% of that 44% was held by the central banks of other countries, in particular the central banks of Japan and China. In total, lenders from Japan and China held 47% of the foreign-owned debt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt


you know what the national debt currently is, do the calculations.